Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2

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Page 72The sky, the sea, the stars, the turtles, the bay, the palms were so lusciously
magnificent at Tangalla Rest House that Nature seemed to tremble on the verge
— I don't think she ever actually fell over the verge — of vulgarity. As the Duttons
and ...

Page 83Typhoid seemed to have drained all strength out of both body and brain.
Someone — I forget who — took me for a few days into his bungalow down on
the shore of the Jaffna lagoon and one evening I foolishly crawled along the road
to the ...

Page 196He was entirely alone, performing what seemed to be an intricate dance. I have
twice in my life seen March hares in the Sussex water-meadows performing their
extraordinary dances. The jackal seemed to be doing the same thing. Leaping ...

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In the feudal society of Ceylon "I felt that there was some depth of happiness rather than pleasure, of satisfaction, . . . which the western world is losing or has lost." (p 158) Judgments such as ...Read full review

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This is the second book Leonard Woolf wrote of his life. He is a graceful author, and a sensitive man. Good look into an aristocratic young britisher and his growing up.Read full review